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Later this month our annual 24-Hour Movie Marathon will play for the 10th time. Can you believe that we have been doing this for 10 years? If you’re curious, or feeling nostalgic, you can check out both Dave’s and my take on that first Movie Marathon. Movie Marathon 10 will commence at 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 28th!

Here is the list of the movies that we shall be viewing:

Jaws

Some Like it Hot

The Raid 2

Out of Sight

Life Itself

Whiplash

Empire Records

Chronicle

The Babadook

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Snowpiercer

The lineup is quite awesome this year. I have seen a few of these – but they are also movies that I am gladly going to watch again. What do you think?

Welcome to the 9th 24 Hour Movie Marathon! This proud tradition has survived (some may say “persisted”) for some time now, and it is an annual event that I look forward to quite enthusiastically. A little more than a year has passed since the last movie marathon, and it appears that we have another strong lineup this year.Continue reading →

Welcome to the 8th annual(ish) 24 Hour Movie Marathon! It has been about a year since MM7, and we’re back at it! The lineup, like last year, looks pretty good – and just might be our best lineup yet!Continue reading →

As with the other Movie Marathons, this year’s offered a number of funny out-takes. I will detail some of them here for your enjoyment.

Please be aware that this entry will contain spoilers. Also, due to the content of some of the movies we watch, some of the subsequent videos and words in the following entry may not be suitable for some. You have been warned…

The Movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidThe Scene: Butch and Sundance are on a cliff and have run out of options.Why It Was Cut: This wasn’t really a blooper. Other than Claire crying in the background and Isha turning around while she was snacking, this clip wasn’t bad. The only problem with it was the disjointed ending, as well as the fact that we stopped filming just before Joe said hold me.

Cut due to better line prospect.

The Movie: The Iron GiantThe Scene: Doesn’t exist in the movie. We created a scene where some scientists create a new version.Why It Was Cut: We filmed the scene but it turns out that the camera wasn’t running until the end. Dave did this last year during our “Raising Arizona” spot, where he didn’t press the button hard enough and ended up recording the parts in between the actual ones (start was stop and stop was start, if you know what I mean). We call this “Davin’ it up”.

Cut due to being cut already.

The Movie: Glengarry Glen RossThe Scene: Doesn’t really exist in the movie, at least not exactly like this.Why It Was Cut: This scene was cut because Dave cracked up way too early and the whole scene could have been done better. We ended up doing a re-take in which Dave doesn’t crack up until the end. Disturbingly, in both clips, Dave latches onto the Pacino line about my balls.

Cut due to not enough swearing.

The Movie: Hard Core LogoThe Scene: Doesn’t really exist in the movie, at least not exactly like this.Why It Was Cut: Joe and I didn’t even realize that this was being filmed, so this is just random banter. The second take was way better anyway.

Cut due to not knowing this was being filmed.

The Movie: DolemiteThe Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview.Why It Was Cut: In the original movie you could see a boom mic hanging down in quite a number of scenes. We wanted to replicate this, but every time Dave looked at the mic he’d lose his shit.

Cut due to Dave losing his shit.

The Movie: DolemiteThe Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview.Why It Was Cut: Dave cracks up due to the name I made up for the organization who is interviewing him: Neil Bobs Spitz and Swallows.

Cut due to Dave losing his shit, again.

The Movie: DolemiteThe Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview.Why It Was Cut: One of the ideas we had was to have the boom mic tap Dave on the head. Here we see what happens when an unstoppable force meets a very movable object.

Cut due to Dave almost dying.

The Movie: AuditionThe Scene: Somewhat made up. Isha plays the evil woman who does bad things. She’s going to go to town on the poor man in the sack, beating him with a big plastic thing.Why It Was Cut: Dave indicated that he would cover his head for the first hit and then flip over so Isha could hit him harder. Isha misinterpreted the instructions and started waiting for Dave to turn over with his butt in the air. I couldn’t keep it together.

Since Dave & Sarah are having a baby early next year, the 2009 Movie Marathon has been moved to 2008.

As usual, we will be covering the event using all the tools in the nerd kingdom, so sit back and enjoy.

I have all of the movies titled already in preparation for the day. Stay tuned! Also, please be aware that this entry will contain spoilers. Also, due to the content of some of the movies we watch, some of the subsequent videos and words in the following entry may not be suitable for some. You have been warned…

Here we have a disturbing view of the future. You know. The future being the year 2000.

The movie is total cheese, but it is pretty awesome so far. How can you not love a movie with Sly Stallone and David Carradine? Even Martin Kove is in it. This movie is all kinds of awesome.

Chris: How come the real year 2000 wasn’t as cool as this?

It’s a strange dystopian vision of the future, that’s for sure. America is not the most friendly place in the world, according to this movie. As to be expected, the special effects are nothing compared to today’s movies. However, given the times it’s relatively gory. This movie must have been pretty shocking back in the day.

You’ve got to wonder how starved for entertainment folks in the past were with such horrible dialogue and wooden delivery.

[Currently Sly is chasing after some poor guy that just called his character Frankenstein. It’s pretty funny.]Mark: They need to play the music from Benny Hill for this chase.

There is a group in the movie called The Resistance that is trying to sabotage the Death Race. Most of their ambush projects look like they were made by kindergarten art classes.

The Verdict

It’s a horrible, horrible movie. But it was pretty hilarious. So bad that it’s hilarious. It’s watchable, but probably not over and over again.

Dave and Isha take it where the sun don’t shine courtesy of Fireplace Tool Joe.
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It’s been a while since I’ve seen this movie. At least ten years. I saw this film when I was in university, I think. Actually, now that I think about it, I think I also saw this movie when I was a kid.

I’ve always love how this movie starts out. Going from a sepia tone to colour. In fact, I haven’t watched the digitally remastered version and I have to say that they did a really good job.

Butch and Sundance have just finished off a job and are celebrating in a brothel. Isha got really excited…

This movie is amazing. What’s strange, though, is that you could never apply the same formula to a modern movie. Maybe that’s what makes this a classic.

A lot of jokes were made about this being the precursor to Brokeback Mountain due to the closeness of Butch and Sundance. Cathy came up with a pretty hilarious line…

Cathy: Could you imagine if these two actually made a porn together? That would be the best selling porn ever!

Crap, we just had a blown fuse for the first time in our run!

After a few minutes we’re back on schedule.

The Verdict

This movie is awesome. It has one of the best endings of all times. This movie is definitely one that you could watch a few times. I mean, any movie with Cloris Leachman as an old hooker is a winner in my books!

Dave Cassidy and the Sundance Jorge make their final stand.
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Our first true black and white movie and the oldest of the bunch. Constance Porter is currently smoking cigarettes and then throwing them into the ocean. She also seems to be resistant to all forms of dirt.

During one of the scenes, after picking up a bunch more people, Constance is using her typewriter…

Isha: Is she using her typewriter?Rebecca: She’s blogging. Old-time blogging.

Wow. For an old movie the special effects are pretty good. The issues that are dealt with are pretty serious as well. Lots of moral quandries.

The Verdict

The movie was really compelling. There were a lot of really great moments. The struggle of humanity away from humanity. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone.

Rebecca comforts Chris. How long will it take to be rescued?
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This is one of the best animated movies of all time. I’ve seen it a number of times, and Mrs. J actually didn’t mind this movie so much.

She has high standards.

The Iron Giant is the story of an alien robot that crashes on Earth and befriends a little guy named Hogarth. It’s a story about outcasts and understanding. The animation is really great, and the voice work is great.

We tried to figure out the different actors that participated…

Jorge: Is that robot Brad Garrett?Sarah & Rebecca: Vin Diesel.Jorge: Really?Sarah: Yeah.Jorge: Wow. Cool. They even have the same hair.

The Verdict

If you ever want a good family movie that’s not too “kiddy”, this is your movie. Not only are there powerful lessons, it can be awesomely upbeat and ends in a way that’s powerful and moving. I know that when Baby J is old enough, she will be watching this movie with us.

The Iron Giant has the whole world in his hand. Or just Dave.
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The scientists create a new Iron Giant. Unfortunately it’s not as cool as the first one.

This movie doesn’t sound like the most exciting prospect. The machinations behind the real estate business? Oooooooh!

However, with such a stellar cast, it will most likely be an amazing film. So far, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey? Holy smackerel!

Some of the lines in this movie are hilarious, for instance…

You ever take a dump made you feel like you’d just slept for twelve hours?

Gold. Solid gold.

Man, I watch these guys work, and they are slicker than oiled eels. It really gets you wondering about how low some people can go.

The Verdict

It’s a depressing movie. It doesn’t end well at all. Even though it did. You have to watch it to know what I’m talking about. I wish that we counted how many times they used the word fuck in this movie. I can safely say that the number of times they said fuck is much higher than the number of people that died in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

This is an interesting mocumentary about a punk band on a last-ditch tour of Western Canada. Mockumentaries are pretty cool, so I’m looking forward to it.

It’s well done. It’s raw and honest (if you can call a work of fiction honest). The characters take you through a series of emotions. Sometimes you hate them, sometimes you love them. It’s like watching a car ride?

The Verdict

Not too bad as far as movies go. I don’t know if I would bother seeing it again, but I am glad that I did. The music was pretty good and the acting was pretty awesome. The ending was…interesting.

This movie is all about the Big O. If you don’t know what that is, I’ll take a sec and wait for you while you Google it.

Back? Good.

This movie is about disfunctional relationships and the healing thereof. There are some pretty hilarious moments in a film dealing with an awkward topic.

Jack: Are you eighteen?Kristen: I think you mean the age of consent, which is sixteen.Dave: Too bad you’re twelve.Shelley: And still full of the clap

[Jack runs into Kristen’s father at the video store.]Mr. Taylor: The world needs more teachers like you.Dave: I mean, you’re no Danny DeVito…Rebecca: He’s like a big teddy bear.Dave: Yes!Shelley: He’s like a big teddy bear inside.Dave: YES!

Wow. This movie actually has a Danny DeVito montage! I don’t know if it’s awesome or horrible.

The Verdict

Well, this movie did not turn out the way that I thought it would. I think we were all genuinely surprised by this story. I have to say that I’m not sure if I like the message this movie conveys. Ah well. It was still a good watch. Awkward moments aplenty, but good. The lesson? No matter how hard you work at something, you will get fugged over by Danny DeVito.

We’ve been trying to get this movie for four years. For some reason nowhere seems to carry this. So far we’re not even ten minutes into the movie and it might be giving Glengarry Glen Ross a run for it’s money in the fuck department.

There is no way in hell this movie can possibly be taken seriously.

Isha: There’s something about the way they block their scenes that reminds me of the way we block our scenes when we do our videos.Dave: What? Like they only had fifteen minutes?Isha: Yeah. We’re on a schedule here!

Wow. Now we’re about twenty minutes in and we have a very realistically portrayed massage parlour scene. It’s interesting that their fight scenes are so unrealistically done compared to their massage parlour scenes.

There are a lot of scenes of absolutely nothing in this movie. It’s like they kept the camera rolling at all times. Also, the fact that the boom mic is hanging down in most of the scenes is also all kinds of awesome.

The Verdict

I feel dirty that we bought this movie. Somehow our quest seems empty. But, it was funny. Shelley pointed out that her favourite parts were when Dolemite was rapping. I would have to agree. Rudy Ray Moore’s line delivery is horrible unless he’s ‘preachin’.

Our first horror movie of the night, this one promises to be much better than last year’s selection. There is apparently going to be a lot of gore and blood, but nothing so far and we’re twenty minutes in.

Dave: This movie needs more torture or I’m not going to make it.

The movie is moving slowly and feels like a romantic comedy more than anything else. But inside information indicates that this is all going to change soon.

The shit was just scared out of Isha, which scared the crap out of the rest of us. Dave is now awake. The movie has shifted into the realm of the creepy. The tension was built for a while and now that the first little shocker is out of the way they’re building it up again.

[One of the characters just settled down for a drink out of a bottle in his own house (which has obviously been tampered with).]Dave: This tasted like burlap, dog and extra tongue. Damn this is good Bourbon!

Now the movie is even worse than I thought it could ever be.

[The horrible woman is now cutting of this poor guy’s feet after shoving needles in his eyes.]Dave: What the hell could ever top this?

The Verdict

What. The. Hell.

Isha is replacing her lucky rabbit’s foot.
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When you order and receive a Dave-In-a-Sack™, you have to make sure it’s dead.

This is a first. A stand-up comedy act. It should be interesting due to when this was filmed. Rather than being a self-contained story, this piece is specific to the 80’s, so Eddie would lay all kinds of bombs that would make people feel really uncomfortable if he did that same kind of humour today.

This movie brings back a lot of memories of listening to Dr. Dimento and the Sunday Night Funnies on CHUM FM.

This movie is all swearing and crazy opinions. It’s pretty entertaining.

The Verdict

It’s awesome to watch just because of the time period it takes place in. Things have really changed over the last few years. A lot of Eddie’s stuff is hilarious just because of his incredible delivery. The guy just oozes confidence.

We Made It!

So we made it (sort of). Dave made it all the way through. Chris and I nodded off for a few minutes during Tremors. But, like troopers, we did pretty good as a team. A big thanks to everyone for hospitality, electronics, equipment and food.

Ah, who can forget this gem from the eighties? I think the more appropriate thing to say would be what does one have to do to forget this gem from the eighties?

When we were younger this movie was the bomb. We thought it was so cool and that the action was amazing. In actuality, this movie, introduced to me by my friend Frank, was something that rekindled my interest in martial arts.

Now, a few decades later, I watch it and shudder. The action scenes are horrible. While some of the choreography is technically sound, it’s implemented so horribly that it makes it unwatchable.

Most of the dialogue sounds dubbed, and the music is hilarious.

The awesome thing about this movie, though, is that it is a piece of our childhood. Our sorry, sorry childhood.

There are so many cheesy lines that one can’t help wondering why this movie was run in the theater.

Maybe it was the fact that…

They dubbed over Bolo’s voice so it sounds like he actually went through puberty.

Van Damme does the splits no less than seven times.

They played Karate Champ.

They got what appears to be a Far Eastern guy to play a Middle Eastern guy.

You get to see Van Damme’s butt, which is covered after a few seconds by a burgundy pair of briefs.

The kid playing a young Frank Dux is more convincing than Jean Claude.

Actually, it’s also one of the funniest movies to come out of the eighties, even if it’s not always funny. This is because it has some of the funniest lines are delivered by the traileriest trashiest characters ya ever done saw!

If you haven’t seen this movie, you really should. It’s a great flick that strikes a chord with each person on some level. Not giving anything away, I can say that the movie centers around the theme of family.

The kid they get to play Nathan Jr. is also awesome in this movie. Cute as a button!

In any case, at the time I didn’t really pick up on all of the subtleties. Watching it now reveals some exceptionally witty dialogue and subtle humour.

One note of trivia: Rick never does say Play it again, Sam. In fact, the closest he comes to that line is Play it, Sam.

This is one of those movies that stands the test of time. Even though it was filmed a long time ago, it can still move you.

Bogey was (and will always will be) one of the best actors ever, in my humble opinion, anyway.

It’s one of those movies where the ending isn’t really as happy as you would like it to be. For it’s day, it dealt with a lot of touchy issues.

One thing that all of us movie-watchers agreed on was that Victor Lazlo was one of the most open-minded and forgiving characters ever. Bogey told him, in no uncertain terms, that things happened between him and Bergman. And Lazlo just nodded and took it on the chin.

I’ve never really heard of this movie. According to Sarah it’s based on a book. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this story before.

Shia LaBeouf is in this movie, so it’s probably good. I thought he was awesome in Transformers

Mark: [On John Voight.] Why do people keep giving him work?Cathy: Because he’s awesome.

For the first family film we’ve had at one of these, I have to say that so far it’s pretty cool. The pacing is great and keeps feeding you enough information to keep you engaged at the overall plot. Revelation by flashback can be really effective.

Cathy: Did you know the only natural enemy of the hole is the pile?

Definitely a great movie. Make sure to see this one.

Cursed to dig for 100 years leads to some weird finds.
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This movie is about a couple of older ladies living in a big ol’ house. The house is in a horrible state, and the ladies live with a bunch of cats and raccoons.

Isha said that this movie is a cult classic.

I think that the type of cult she’s referring to are those cults that end up killing themselves waiting for aliens or comets to help them escape from the planet.

This movie gave me the opportunity to call home and check in on the troops.

It’s been almost an hour now and I’m contemplating gouging out my eyes with a coffee cup.

Looking out the window, I can see the snow piling higher and higher. I’m going to go out and shovel under the pretense of being a good person. When in reality, I will be shoveling because I will go insane if I have to watch this for too much longer.

I am pretty sure I’ve seen this before, but it’s feeling like a new film at the moment. Especially with the remastering of the DVD we’re watching.

Nothing like a bout of gang violence to get the evening started off right!

I think that all gangs should dress as colourfully as the gangs in this movie. It makes it easier to tell what they are trying to be. Nowadays, the gangs are so confused and far more subtle than the gangs shown here.

Plus the gangs in this movie are tougher than real life. I mean, come on! The Roller Skating Gang? You don’t find toughness like that every day.

This movie is so cheesy it’s awesome. It’s essentially like watching a video game. It surprises me that they took over twenty years to actually make a video game about it.

It has all of the elements. A goal to reach. A cadre of enemies to fight to get there. Weapons to upgrade to (dropped by said cadre).

So good.

Don’t mess with the Lounging Pants Various Household Utensils Gang.
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I get the idea from this movie that Dave wants the Warriors to come out and play…

I saw this movie a long time ago. It’s a sci-fi flick about a group of people stuck in a prison of sorts.

It’s all kinds of awesome, this movie. Filmed with a very tiny budget, it made do with little and delivers a huge, crazy ride.

It’s a suspenseful thriller, showing how a small cross section of humanity copes with a stressful situation. In some way, it reminds me a little of Lord of the Flies.

If you have a need for endings that explain everything, though, you might want to avoid this movie. I am not giving anything away by saying it doesn’t end in a way that will leave you with certain key knowledge.

I heard about this movie a while ago, and was really interested because of the nature of the story. I don’t really want to give a lot away, but it’s a cat-and-mouse thriller that puts a twist on an issue that’s in the headlines far too often.

Ellen Page is an impressive actress. I saw her in Juno and thought she was incredible.

If you don’t like spoilers, don’t read the next few lines.

We are about 45 minutes through the movie and I have to say I AM SO FUGGIN’ UNCOMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW!

All of the guys in the room have assumed protective poses.

This movie is incredible. The cinematography is amazingly frustrating. It reveals just enough to leave you on the edge of your seat.

End spoilers.

I have this sinking feeling I’ll be missing something.
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Here is an extra movie, as well as some bloopers we hope you enjoy. There are no movies for the last two, because filming a bottle of Ketchup and Mustard would probably make a better clip, but I’m outta ketchup…

Dave and Goliath.

Never cut off the Hong Kong chief of police.

Trying to call out the Warriors. Not very well, I might add.

Still hasn’t called them out correctly yet…

The blooper of the night. Dave’s second call-out was too high, resulting in hilarity.